Course Project Instructions

For your Course Project, you will be exploring contemporary issues in Management.

The purpose of your Course Project is to demonstrate your understanding, comprehension, and mastery of the following concepts:

Identify and recognize ethical issues in business.

Explain the role of values in managerial making

Use Management terminology

Throughout this semester you will be acquiring knowledge on Management topics, theories, as well as terminology. You will apply this new knowledge to your Course Project.

Beginning with Week 2, it is suggested that first, you identify a current Management topic. You can choose your topic from the Learning Objectives for each chapter, or you may choose a topic of interest to you from the chapter.

Once you have chosen your topics, you will then choose ten (10) current readings/articles that are directly related to your topics from a credible source. Suggestions for sources are listed below. Every week it is suggested that you review one of your ten (10) articles and writeee a $500-word synopsis summarizing the reading and describing how it applies in a practical, professional context to Management.

At the completion you will have accumulated ten (10) article summaries. You will then assemble your ten (10) completed written summaries, a cover page, a table of contents, and an APA formatted References page and In-text citation, including a link to each article, in a professional portfolio to submit for grading during Week 13.

Ideas of topics include:

The 4 functions of management

Critical skills needed for different levels of management

The external environment

How the global market impacts the home and local companies ands customers

COVID 19's impact on businesses (can be applied to various chapters)

Ethical issues in business (can be applied to various chapters)

Explain the role of values in managerial making (can be applied to various chapters) Managing change and innovation

Motivating employees

Personality traits of great leaders

Diversity and inclusion

Managing planning and goal setting

Managing decision making

Ideas for sources include:

Journals

Newspapers

Magazines (Newsweek, Business Week, Time)

Internet

Deliverables

Final Course Project - Will be submitted in a professional portfolio and turned in by the end of Week 13 in the following required format:

1. Cover Page
2. Table of Contents
3. Ten (10) Finalized Written 500-word Summaries
4. Properly formatted APA References page, including link to article